Patients
In one year the hospital maternity ward could deliver up to 1,000 babies, while other wards had an in-patient number of 6,000 per year and out-patient of 32,000. During the 1990 Gulf War members of the hospital served in the Middle East, which strained hospital numbers so much so that they had to recruit civilian nurses and staff to fill the void. All members returned safely.
In 1996 a wing of the hospital burned down and on 1 April 1996, it was formally handed over to UKSC. A small in-patient psychiatric unit and some community services remained at the hospital while all other secondary care was transferred to local German hospitals.
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